Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who died after drinking radioactive tea, blamed President Vladimir Putin for ordering his assassination, according to a lawyer in charge of a British probe into the 2006 killing.

For Arlene Schneider, a volunteer with Hospice of the Red River Valley, her experience started out like many others who give of their time, “I was retired, and I like to be busy,” she said. “I was looking for something to do, and they [Hospice]...